Prevalência de alergia alimentar em pré-escolares das escolas municipais de Educação Infantil de Uberlândia/MG

Abstract

Dedico essa conquista a Deus, que me fez acreditar que o sonho era possível. À instituição que é a base de minha vida: minha Família. Ao meu marido, Nilson Guimarães, companheiro de todas as horas, meu ponto de equilíbrio, obrigada pelo apoio, amor, paciência e incentivo incondicionais. Ao meu orientador Gesmar Rodrigues da Silva Segundo; poucos são tão privilegiados como eu por ter tido a sorte de conviver com uma pessoa tão generosa, dedicada, eficiente, objetiva e diligente.A minha imensa gratidão! Palavras-chave: Prevalência. Alergia Alimentar. Crianças.

Prevalence of reported food allergies in Brazilian preschoolers living in a small Brazilian city

“…However, when we applied the second, confirmatory questionnaire (Q2), the prevalence of reported food allergy dropped to 0.97%, a value that is clearly lower than that observed in other similar studies for the same age range [14]. This clear discrepancy in the prevalence of food allergies between the screening and Q2 questionnaires suggests an overestimation of prevalence of food allergies by self-report, using short screening tests, in population studies.…”

“…Both of these studies also resulted from questionnaires and involved preschool age children, while a meta-analysis with 23 selected studies described a variation in the prevalence of reported food allergies from 3 to 35% [ 13 ]. However, when we applied the second, confirmatory questionnaire (Q2), the prevalence of reported food allergy dropped to 0.97%, a value that is clearly lower than that observed in other similar studies for the same age range [ 14 ].…”

“…The frequency of reported food allergies detected in our study by the screening questionnaire (11.7%) was within the range reported by other similar studies. In fact, prevalence results obtained in such studies have been quite variable ranging from 17.6%, as reported in another Brazilian study done in the southeast region with preschoolers [ 14 ], to 5.6%, as described in a Portuguese study also with preschoolers of bigger cities [ 15 ]. Both of these studies also resulted from questionnaires and involved preschool age children, while a meta-analysis with 23 selected studies described a variation in the prevalence of reported food allergies from 3 to 35% [ 13 ].…”